Coding Arcade Tycoon

In Block Builders Adventure this week, we covered the following topics:

• Game Making

  • Sequencing code
  • Timing
  • Conditional logic
  • Functions
  • Programing math
  • Using input as logical components

• Electricity & Conductivity

  • What’s conductive and what’s not conductive
  • How circuits work
  • Fundamentals of Electricity
• Hardware vs Software

• The Micro: Bit controller

  • Using Microsoft MakeCode blocks
  • Displaying images on the screen
  • Getting input from the controller
  • Detecting shaking and jostling
  • Playing sounds

• Makey Makey Controllers

  • Imagining weird and wacky controllers
  • Understanding representative inputs
  • Using conductivity for buttons
  • Input mapping
  • Controller design

To continue learning after the camps, your Ninjas can:

Continue to learn to use Microsoft MakeCode to develop digital content such as games and robotics. Microsoft MakeCode has many uses, including Micro: Bit, MakeCode Arcade for game creation, and coding in Minecraft Education Edition. You can find MakeCode here: Microsoft MakeCode.